Thanks to state tax incentives for Hollywood filmmakers, the film industry is burgeoning in Savannah, and local students are discovering they don’t need to move to Los Angeles or New York City to find work and shape their careers.
“I always thought I’d have to move out of Savannah in order to work in the film industry, but I saw that things were starting taking off,” said Kareem McMichael, a graduate of Savannah State University. “Now I have friends in the business who’ve moved to Hollywood, but moved back to Savannah because they realized they can achieve their goals here.”
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